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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Trends Among Children in Kadoma City, Zimbabwe, 2015-2017

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Zambia is a cholera-endemic country and the epidemic in the capital, Lusaka, 2017-2018, caused more than 5,900 cases and 110 deaths. Low-income resident districts in Lusaka are known as hotspots for cholera outbreaks.
Chamunorwa Mhembe, Daniel Chirundu, Notion Tafara Gombe, Tsitsi Patience Juru, Addmore Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Simbarashe Chiwanda, Mufuta Tshimanga   +7 more
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Disparities Between HIV Awareness and Willingness to Test among Men in Dormaa East: A Cross-Sectional Analysis [PDF]

BioSocial Health Journal
Introduction: This study investigated the correlation between HIV awareness and willingness to test among men in the Dormaa East District. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was carried out from January to March 2025, involving 410 men ...
Sabina Ampon-Wireko, Kanboyori Arimiyaw Iddrisu, Samuel Yaw Opoku, Isaac Yaw Massey, George Sarpong Agyemang, Enoch Weikem Weyori   +5 more
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Why do marital partners of people living with HIV not test for HIV? A qualitative study in Lusaka, Zambia. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of HIV status is crucial for HIV prevention and management in marital relationships. Yet some marital partners of people living with HIV decline HIV testing despite knowing the HIV-positive status of their partners.
Merten, Sonja, Sonja Merten, Virginia Bond, Bond, Virginia, Maurice Musheke, Musheke, Maurice   +5 more
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Self-sampling kits to increase HIV testing among black Africans in the UK: the HAUS mixed-methods study

Health Technology Assessment, 2018
Background: Timely diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enables access to antiretroviral treatment, which reduces mortality, morbidity and further transmission in people living with HIV.
Maureen Seguin, Catherine Dodds, Esther Mugweni, Lisa McDaid, Paul Flowers, Sonali Wayal, Ella Zomer, Peter Weatherburn, Ibidun Fakoya, Thomas Hartney, Lorraine McDonagh, Rachael Hunter, Ingrid Young, Shabana Khan, Nick Freemantle, Jabulani Chwaula, Memory Sachikonye, Jane Anderson, Surinder Singh, Eleni Nastouli, Greta Rait, Fiona Burns   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

High accuracy of home-based community rapid HIV testing in rural Malawi. [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To assess the performance of rapid HIV antibody tests when used as part of a home-based community wide counseling and testing strategy in northern Malawi. DESIGN: A cross-sectional population survey of HIV infection, 2007 to 2008.
Richard Ndhlovu, Emmanuel Banda, Crampin, Amelia C., Molesworth, Anna M., Glynn, Judith R., Neil French, Jacqueline Saul, Glynn, Judith R, French, Neil, Ndhlovu, Richard, Banda, Emmanuel, Molesworth, Anna M, Crampin, Amelia C, Anna M Molesworth, Saul, Jacqueline, Judith R Glynn, Amelia C Crampin, Ngwira, Bagrey, Bagrey Ngwira   +18 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organizing the interface—Plasma membrane architecture and receptor dynamics in virus‐cell interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Plasma membranes contain dynamic nanoscale domains that organize lipids and receptors. Because viruses operate at similar scales, this architecture shapes early infection steps, including attachment, receptor engagement, and entry. Using influenza A virus and HIV‐1 as examples, we highlight how receptor nanoclusters, multivalent glycan interactions ...
Jan Schlegel, Christian Sieben
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring associations between adolescent sexual and reproductive health stigma and HIV testing awareness and uptake among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2019
Uganda, hosting over 1.3 million refugees, is a salient context for exploring HIV testing with urban refugee and displaced youth. We examined associations between stigma (HIV-related and adolescent sexual and reproductive health [SRH]-related) and HIV ...
Carmen H. Logie, Moses Okumu, Simon P. Mwima, Peter Kyambadde, Robert Hakiza, Irungu Peter Kibathi, Emmanuel Kironde, Joshua Musinguzi, Claire Uwase Kipenda   +8 more
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Social Media Marketing to Encourage HIV Testing among Young Black College Men [PDF]

, 2020
Background: HIV continues to disproportionately affect young Black men (YBM) and efforts are needed to increase HIV testing in this population. The primary purpose of this dissertation was to develop and evaluate a theory driven social media marketing ...
Jones, Jamal
core   +1 more source

Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source